Tag: #diabetes
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Indonesians quitting ‘rice addiction’ over diabetes fears
Jakarta, Nov 14 (AFP/APP): Indonesian Mirnawati once ate rice with every meal, but its link to diabetes convinced her to join a growing movement to quit a staple food in the third biggest rice-consuming nation on Earth. As World Diabetes Day is held Thursday, the Southeast Asian nation is struggling to tackle a disease that…
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Diabetes forecast to affect 700 million by 2045
ANKARA, Nov 14 (AA/APP):The number of people between the ages of 20 and 79 with diabetes is expected to reach 700 million by 2045, according to the latest findings of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Diabetes, one of the fastest growing health challenges of the 21st century, respects neither socioeconomic status nor geographical and national…
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Profits jab higher at insulin maker Novo Nordisk
Copenhagen, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): Novo Nordisk said Friday that its new treatment for adults who suffer from diabetes drove sales and profits higher, but the world’s top manufacturer of insulin still faced difficulties in the key US market. The Danish firm alone supplies nearly half of the insulin to diabetes sufferers across the globe. And…
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Walking to work cuts diabetes risk :study
Studies at UK Universities showed that physical exercise reduces the risk of Diabetes and High blood pressure
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The first country to ban ads for sugary drinks
Singapore will ban ads for the unhealthy sugary drinks
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Signs of slowdown in new type 2 diabetes cases
ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (APP):The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes could be stabilising, or even falling, a study suggests. The analysis looked at 47 studies from the mid-1960s up to 2014, mainly from the US and Canada and countries across Europe including the UK. A third of populations studied between 2006 and 2014…